Ask the History Buff – Episode 7: Christian Legacies in Ontario: John Graves Simcoe, Pt. 2

Part 2 of our investigation into the life of John Graves Simcoe. We explore the compassion behind his actions towards slaves, natives, and settlers alike. He was also a creative figure who possessed the foresight Ontario needed to become what it is today.

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From France to Canada to Dominion Day

Dominion Day had been a federal holiday that celebrated the enactment of The British North American Act which united four of Britain’s colonies – Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Upper and Lower Canada (which became Ontario and Quebec), into a single country within the British Empire, and named that country The Dominion of Canada.

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